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Saakashvili concedes defeat in Georgia polls

AFP

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili conceded defeat Tuesday in parliamentary polls that handed a shock victory to an opposition coalition led by billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili. Although Saakashvili remains president, the defeat of his United National Movement to Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream.